Faultline Online Reporter

Published 18th May 2017

YuppTV signs Indian studios to go where Hollywood wouldn’t dare

Hardly a month goes by without Faultline Online Reporter covering burgeoning South East Asian OTT service YuppTV. The streaming company has made another significant push this week, by adding the Mini Theatre platform to its offering, giving subscribers access to the most recent Indian movie releases – available between one day and a week after their initial cinema showing. Imagine the latest Hollywood movie being available to stream on your SVoD service the day after its debut on the big screen – this type of move would be unprecedented in the US and Europe and it is an audacious decision from the rights holders of these movies. Priority number one for Mini Theatre is to combat piracy, hence why there…